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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "george martins" <drgeorgemartins_27za@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:03:32 +0000
Subject: FROM:DR GEORGE MARTINS/ ARE YOU INTRESTED TO DO THIS MONEY TRANSFER WITH ME.
UNIT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT
TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL
AMALGAMATED BANKS OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA)
14TH FLOOR EMBASSY BUILDING CNR SMITH ALIWAL STREET,
P.O. BOX 1596
ALBERTON BRANCH DURBAN 4000 SOUTH AFRICA.
ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/C.E.O.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don’t know
each other before, but for the purpose of introduction, I am Dr. GEORGE
MARTINS THE AUDIT DEPT ASSISTANT MANAGER OF AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
(ABSA).
There is an account opened in this bank in March 1998 and since February
2004 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old
files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out
urgently it would be for feited for nothing. The owner of this account is
MR. DAVIES B. BENJAMIN, a foreigner,and a miner at Kruger Goal Co. a
geologist by profession and he died since November 2001. No other person
knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigations proved to me as well that this company
does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is US$25
million (TWENTY-FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the
account is MR. DAVIES B. BENJAMIN is a foreigner too.I know that this
message will come to you as a surprise as we don’t know ourselves before. We
will sign an agreement but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
immediately. Send also your private Tel. and a fax number including the full
details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to
face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive
this money into a foreign account or any account of our choice where the
fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing
and other investments. Meanwhile you can open a new account in any bank for
this purpose if you like.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreign account and a
foreign beneficiary.I need your full cooperation to make this work fine
because the management is ready to give approval to any foreigner, who has
the correct information of the account, which I will give to you later, if
you are able and willing to handle such an amount of money in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual
benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.I need
truthful person in this business because I don’t want to make mistake, I
need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I
can transfer this money to any foreigner’s reliable account, which you can
provide with assurance that this money will be in tact pending my physical
arrival in your country for sharing.
I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this
money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with me
face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and
two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money
going into the account.
I will use my position and influence to effect the legal approvals and
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance
forms of ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of
this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount while 10% will be
for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of
transferring, 65% will be for me.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my address.
Best regards,
Dr.GEORGE MARTINS.
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